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Alexis Bledel

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Former fashion model and American actress Alexis Bledel was born on September 16, 1981 in Houston, Texas. She attended St. Agnes Academy in Houston, and went to Page Parkes Center for Modeling and Acting. Her mother encouraged her to try out for community theater because she was shy as a child. She then appeared in productions of The Wizard of Oz, Aladdin and Our Town. For one year, she attended New York University’s Tisch School for the Arts as a film major. Her first language is Spanish, and only learned English upon attending school.

Alexis Bledel was spotted in a local mall, and was given work as a fashion model. She then turned to acting, making her television debut on The WB series Gilmore Girls in 2000. She plays Rory Gilmore, the daughter of Lorelai Gilmore played by Lauren Graham. The role catapulted her into the mainstream and Bledel found herself appearing in a number of films. In 2002, she was cast as Winnie Foster in Tuck Everlasting, and played Goldilocks in the 2004 short film DysEnchanted. She was also in Bride and Prejudice and The Orphan King. In 2005, Bledel was cast in the Frank Miller crime thriller Sin City. She had the role of Becky, a prostitute. The film was shot almost entirely in black-and-white, but Bledel’s eyes were kept blue, their natural color. That year, she also starred in the film adaptation of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants as Lena Kaligaris. She played a young artist alongside Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera and Blake Lively. They reprised their roles in the 2008 sequel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. In 2006, Alexis Bledel was given a role in I’m Reed Fish and Life is Short.

She was also voted one of Teen People’s “25 Hottest Stars Under 25” in 2002 and ranked #87 on Maxim magazine’s Hot 100 Women of 2005.

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[On getting recognized by fans] "It always happens in places where you'd rather not be recognized. Like one time, I was just getting ready to go to bed, but I had this craving for a glass of milk. So I go to the supermarket, and I have like no makeup on, and this couple comes up to me and they're like 'Thursday night!'. They sort of yelled it across the vegetable bin, and I'm like, 'Okay, don't look at me, I look awful. I'm going over here by the celery now.'"

[About her "Gilmore Girls" (2000) audition] "It was very unexpected. I was nervous and didn't know what I was doing. It just happened to work out".

You hear all these great stories about kids starting their own businesses and getting involved in their communities and politics and foundations - all kinds of things. And it's so much easier for kids to get motivated and do that. - on her belief that teens are motivated to effect change.

Last year, I was driving to work at 5.30 in the morning, and I ended up right next to a bus that had a huge picture of me on the side of it. They were all over L.A. but it was the first time I'd seen one. I don't know if it was because it was so early or what, but that freaked me out.